Editing Davey Johnson (section)

===New York Mets===
[[File:Davey Johnson 1986.jpg|thumb|Johnson in Spring of 1986]]
Johnson took over the Mets in 1984, a team that had not won a pennant since 1973. He became the first [[National League (baseball)|National League]] manager to win at least 90 games in each of his first five seasons. The highlight of his time with the Mets was winning the [[1986 World Series]] against the [[1986 Boston Red Sox season|Boston Red Sox]]. While with the Orioles in 1969, Johnson was the final out in the [[1969 New York Mets season|Miracle Mets]] World Series win.

Years later, he summed up his approach to managing by saying, "I treated my players like men.  As long as they won for me on the field, I didn't give a flying fuck what they did otherwise."<ref>[[Bob Klapisch|Klapisch, Bob]]; Harper, John. ''The Worst Team Money Could Buy:  The Collapse of the New York Mets.'' New York:  [[Random House]], 1993.  {{ISBN|0803278225}}</ref> The 1983 team had won 68 games, but talent was showing for a potential winner with rookie [[Darryl Strawberry]]. A trade to acquire [[Keith Hernandez]] and Johnson's decision to suggest bringing up [[Dwight Gooden]] helped turn them into a winner of 90 games for the 1984 season. [[Gary Carter]] was acquired before that year, and the Mets won 98 games the next year, but it was only good enough for another second-place finish (three games behind St. Louis). The 1986 team won 108 games, which was the best in the majors. It was only the second time the Mets won 100 games in a season, with the other time being [[1969 New York Mets season|1969]].

The Mets won 92 games the following season, but they fell three games short of matching St. Louis. The next year, they won 100 games to win the division. The [[1988 National League Championship Series|NLCS]] ended with a seven-game loss to the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]], which turned on a loss in Game 4 after winning two of the first three games.

He had a bitter feud with general manager [[Frank Cashen]].<ref name="sad">{{cite web |last1=Boswell |first1=Thomas |title=Washingtonpost.com: A Graceful Exit That's 'So Damn Sad' |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/orioles/longterm/memories/davey/articles/bos.htm |website=www.washingtonpost.com |access-date=June 8, 2021 |date=November 6, 1997}}</ref> When the Mets struggled early in the [[1990 New York Mets season|1990 season]], starting the season 20–22, he was fired.  He finished with a record of 595 wins and 417 losses in the regular season and 11 wins and nine losses in the post-season.<ref name="managerial record">{{cite news|title=Davey Johnson|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/johnsda02.shtml|access-date=February 14, 2014|newspaper=Baseball Reference}}</ref> He remains the winningest manager in Mets history and was inducted into the Mets Hall of Fame with Frank Cashen, Darryl Strawberry, and Dwight Gooden on August 1, 2010.